JacktheCatholic
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It is like I posted earlier, a "can of worms."
Two opposing sides to this.
Let me quote from your link what I think sums your link up:
In addition, an email circulating in the Diocese which claims to have originated from a group of people who met with Father shortly after the incident says the following:
Fr knew the lady was a practicing lesbian because she came into the sacristy and introduced her lover to Fr just before the Mass. He quietly denied her communion (so quietly that the Euch minister next to him didnt realize that he did), and the woman promptly went to the other line and received communion anyway! He left to use the restroom (he was getting a migraine) between the eulogies, but did finish the ceremony and escorted the casket out. He made arrangements for there to be another priest at the gravesite and there was. He felt that it was a matter of conscience to deny her communion since he had been informed that she was an active homosexual by her own admission.
Another statement from the Archdiocese about the incident was published yesterday in the Washington Post. The statement noted that no one is entitled to the Eucharist, and that any person who obstinately perseveres in manifest grave sin is not to be admitted to Holy Communion.
The statement also said that situations which called for denial of communion ideally would be handled by discussing the consequences of such sin with the person privately before actually denying them Communion.
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